Unit 1

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Benefactor

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Someone who helps another person or group

Question 1

Benediction

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A prayer that asks for God’s blessing, especially a prayer that concludes a worship service

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Beneficiary

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A person or organization that benefits or is expected to benefit from something, especially one that receives money or property when someone dies.

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Benevolence

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Kindness and generosity

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Amicable

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Friendly and peaceful

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Enamored

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Charmed or fascinated; inflamed with love

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Amorous

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Having or showing strong feelings of attraction or love

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Paramour

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A lover, often secret, not allowed by law or custom

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Antebellum

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Existing before a war, especially before the American Civil War (1861-65)

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Bellicose

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Warlike, aggressive, quarrelsome(angry dispute)

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Belligerence

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Aggressiveness, combativeness

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Rebellion

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Open defiance and opposition, sometimes armed, to a person or thing in authority

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Pacify

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(1) to soothe anger or agitation. (2) to subdue by armed action.

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Pacifist

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Person opposed to war or violence, especially someone who refuses to bear arms or to fight, on moral or religious grounds

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Pact

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An agreement between two or more people or groups; a treaty or formal agreement between nations to deal with a problem or to resolve a dispute

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Pace

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Contrary to the opinion of

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Criminology

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The study of crimes, criminals, law enforcement, and punishment

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Decriminalize

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To remove or reduce the criminal status of

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Incriminate

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To show evidence of involvement in a crime or a fault

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Re-crimination

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(1) an accusation in answer to an accusation made against oneself (2) the making of such an accusation

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Probate

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The process of proving in court that the will of someone who has died is valid, and of administering the state of the dead person

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Probity

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Absolute honesty and uprightness

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Re-probate

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A person of thoroughly bad character

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Grave

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(1) requiring serious thought or concern (2) serious and formal in appearance or manner

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Gravitas

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Great or very dignified seriousness

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Gravitate

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To move or be drawn towards something, especially by natural tendency or as if by invisible force

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Aggravate

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(1)To make an injury/problem more serious or severe (2) to annoy or bother

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Alleviate

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To lighten, lessen, or relieve, especially physical or mental suffering

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Elevation

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(1) The height of a place (2) The act or result of lifting or raising someone or something

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Cantilever

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A long piece of wood, metal etc. that sticks out from the wall to support something above it

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Levity

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Lack of appropriate seriousness

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Cicerone

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A guide, especially one who takes tourists to museums, monuments, or architectural sites and explains what is being seen

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Hector

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To bully or harass by bluster or personal pressure

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Hedonism

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An attitude or way of life based on the idea that pleasure or happiness should be the chief goal

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Nestor

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The senior figure or leader in one’s field

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Spartan

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Marked by simplicity, avoidance of luxury, and often strict self-discipline or self-denial

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Stentorian

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Extremely loud, often with especially deep richness of sound

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Stoic

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Seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain

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Sybaritic

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Marked by a luxuriously or sensual way of life